Belt-fastener.



J. H. @zumE BELT STENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1912.

L Patented 0@f.22,1912.

ffy/@ff N m j@ W /AIHV mit@ @Home y narran estaras rnrrinr ernten -JAMES BOZIER, OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OE' ONE-HALF T0 I DANIEL A. LAWSODLBF ST. PETERSBURG, FLGBIDA.-

BELT-FASTENER.

Speccat-on of af-letters Patent..

Patented Get. 22, i'll.

Appncanon sie@ February ie, i912.. serial no. enlaza1 To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES H. Dozrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Petersburg, in the county of Pinellas and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Belt-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.y

The invention relates to belt couplings and more particularly tothe class of belt fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a belt fastener in which a hinge is interposed between the meeting ends of the belt, and securely fastened thereto for the joining of said ends without the use of rivets, screws, or other fasteners, thus avoiding the weakening of the belt er the possibility of the separat-ion of the ends thereof.

Another object ofthe invention is the provision of a fastener of this character in which there is arranged a pair of hinged sections having prongs which may be b ent for the clenching of the same in the meeting ends of a belt to join the same, the prongs when clenched being designed to lie close to 'the face of the belt acont thereto thereby avoiding protuberances on the belt.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a vbelt fastener which is vsimple in construction, strong, durable, readily and easily applied to the belt ends, and that is inexpensive in manufacture.

'With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be' hereinafter more fully described, illustrated thereto.

in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In thedrawings Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View of the meeting ends of the belt showing thefastener constructed in accordance with the invention applied Fig. 2 is a similar view looking toward the inner sides of the belt ends. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. e is a plan view of the fastener prior to its connection to the belrends. Fig. 5 is a perspective vview of the fastener when the tongues have been bent for free insertion in the belt ends.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in t-he drawing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals may be of any desired thickness and width,

the said ends being formed with apertures 7 arranged in rows transversely thereof. The apertures are spaced from each other and are designed to permit the ready and easy fastening of the belt coupling or fastener to the ends for the joining of the same.

The belt fastener comprises complementary-shaped sections 8 and 9 one of which is formed wit-h three pintle loops l0 and the other has two pintle loops 11. `A greater or lesser number of pintle loops may be u sed on the sections 8 and Q-provided they correspend. through all of the pintle loops and thus hinges the two sections 8 and 9 of the fastener together, making a joint which suitably fleXes when the belt is running around 70 A removable pintle 12 entends j) the pulley. Each section Scor 9 has formed avoiding protuberances upon the inner sides ofthe beltf-c Thus when the fastener is secured to the'belt ends it will firmly join the same yetpermitting Hexi'ng of the belt when passing around the pulley. It will be apparent that when the tongues have been clenched in a manner as hereinbefore stated the triangular formation of said ltongues will prevent the same from being pulled out of the apertures? in the said belt end thereb avoiding the separation of the same. f

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of application of the invention will be clearly understood and therefore, a more extended explanation is omitted'.

What is claimed is A belt fastener comprising a pair of sections having pintle loops, a pintlc removably passed through said loops for hinging the sections, and normally curled outwardly v#tapering prongs formed on the outer edges of said sections and at Tight angles thereto and adapted to be passesthrough apertures in the meet-ing ends oi .1 belt and subsequently fattened against- 'the faces of said 5 ends opposite the points of contact of the Sections therewith 'for the looking of the sec- Lions to the belt,

signature in presenceof two witnesses.

hxs JAMES H. DOZIER.

mark Wltnesses CHARLES DURANT, DANIEL A; LAWSON. 

